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08-18-2016, 03:00 PM
Football fans defy rules, wave Palestinian flags in political protest
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Scottish football club Celtic faces a sanction from UEFA, Europe's football governing body, after fans waved Palestinian flags during a Champions League match against Israel's Hapoel Beer Sheva.*
SEE ALSO: Despite IOC ban, Rio crowds get their political messages across (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/rio-protests-olympics/)
The demonstration was organised by Celtic fans for Palestine (https://www.facebook.com/CelticFansForPalestine/), who ig**red a warning (http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11787/10541396/celtic-face-action-from-uefa-over-palestine-flag-display) by Scottish police prior to the match, to protest against Israeli military occupation in the Palestinian territories.
Celtic won the game 5-2 but faces a fine from UEFA, which bans political expression at matches.*
Article 16 of UEFA's disciplinary regulation states (http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/UEFACompDisCases/02/11/23/49/2112349_DOWNLOAD.pdf) that clubs "are liable on the part of their supporters and may be subject to disciplinary measures" in case of "the use of gestures, words, objects or any other means to transmit any message that is **t fit for a sports event, particularly messages that are of a political, ideological, religious, offensive or provocative nature." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/celtic-palestinian-flag-football-match-uefa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Scottish football club Celtic faces a sanction from UEFA, Europe's football governing body, after fans waved Palestinian flags during a Champions League match against Israel's Hapoel Beer Sheva.*
SEE ALSO: Despite IOC ban, Rio crowds get their political messages across (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/rio-protests-olympics/)
The demonstration was organised by Celtic fans for Palestine (https://www.facebook.com/CelticFansForPalestine/), who ig**red a warning (http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11787/10541396/celtic-face-action-from-uefa-over-palestine-flag-display) by Scottish police prior to the match, to protest against Israeli military occupation in the Palestinian territories.
Celtic won the game 5-2 but faces a fine from UEFA, which bans political expression at matches.*
Article 16 of UEFA's disciplinary regulation states (http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/UEFACompDisCases/02/11/23/49/2112349_DOWNLOAD.pdf) that clubs "are liable on the part of their supporters and may be subject to disciplinary measures" in case of "the use of gestures, words, objects or any other means to transmit any message that is **t fit for a sports event, particularly messages that are of a political, ideological, religious, offensive or provocative nature." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/celtic-palestinian-flag-football-match-uefa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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